Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,754, Adonijah French, Mass.

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French, Adonijah Mary
# 14,754
CONTENTS

Massachusetts - 1948
Mary French, widow of Adonijah French, dead.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 16 th of April, 1821 of Plymouth Co in the State of Mass ts who was a Sergeant in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Burbeck in the Mass ts time for 2 years Sergeant.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts - at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of March 1839 and sent to Hon. J. L. D. D. H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1838 - $300:00 Semi-annual allowances ending M. 34. 60:00
$360:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. A. Elliot Clerk, Book 4, Vol. 1, Page 87.

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Hon. J. Q. Adams

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 3. 1838
I hereby Certify, That at the date of his attestation Benjamin Richards was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss: Town of Braintree ss: Married by the Rev Jonathan Strong Adonaijah French & Mary Safford Febz twentieth Seventeen hundred and ninety two.
The above is a true copy from the records of Marriages in the Town of Braintree with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in arabesque figures as follows (1792 Febz 20)
Attest Judson Stockard Clerk of the Town of Braintree
I Judson Stockard above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Braintree aforesaid in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Braintree with the exception above named as certified by me.
Judson Stockard (Town Clerk)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk County ss: December 31st 1838
Subscribed and sworn to Before me Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace

1948 ##29 Mary French Mass out 7 July 38.
m 92-220 aomd 2 years Sery. 120H
no deduction
Wm J. J. Adams

State of Massachusetts Plymouth county } ss.
On this seventh day of January Eighteen hundred thirty-nine, personally appeared before the Honorable Wilkes Wood Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Plymouth aforesaid, Mary French, a resident of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth aforesaid aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; That she is the widow of Adonijah French, who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and served in said army on Castle Island in the harbor of Boston in the State of Massachusetts from the former part of the year 1779 to the year 1783, according to the best of her knowledge and belief; under Colonels Burbeck and John Hancock, and that said Adonijah French during a part of the aforesaid service was sergeant in the company to which he belonged.
She further declares, that according to the best of her knowledge and belief, her late husband, the said Adonijah French was a Sergeant Major in the army of the Revolution, having been recognised as such by Colonel Jacobs, as is shown by an instrument in writing found among the papers of said Adonijah French since his decease, which instrument in writing is herewith transmitted in connection with the affidavit of Henry French.
She further declares that according to the best of her

knowledge and belief, the said Adonijah French served in the said Army at Dorchester in Massachusetts; and also that he was in that division of the said army which captured General Burgoyne in the State of New York; but she is not able to state the term of the last aforesaid service, nor the officers under whom it was rendered.
She further declares that she was married to the said Adonijah French in the Town of Braintree in the county of Norfolk, on the twentieth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-two; that her husband the aforesaid Adonijah French died on the sixteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty-one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. She further declares that she still remains the widow of the said Adonijah French, and has not been married since his decease.
Mary French
I sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written
Before me William Wood Judge of Probate

Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Miller Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twenty eighth day of January 1839.
Jacob H. Lord

I Henry French of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, being forty years of age, and son of Adonijah French late of Braintree in the county of Norfolk, deceased do testify and say, that my Father the aforesaid Adonijah French died on the sixteenth day of April Eighteen hundred twenty-one, leaving my mother, Mary French, a widow, who now resides with me in North Bridgewater aforesaid, and I know that she has not been married since the said Adonijah's decease.
I further testify and say that I was appointed Executor of the last will & testament of my Father abovenamed; that I accepted and executed the trust; that among my Father's papers which came into my hands, was the one attached to this paper, being an order or warrant addressed "To Adonijah French Ser t Maj r :" empowering him to enlist a company of eighty-six men, and dated 21: day of August 79. and subscribed "P r Order of Col o Jacobs Joseph Wales Adjt :"
I further testify and say that I also found among my Father's papers a great number of papers purporting to be orders drawn on Adonijah French by the Town Treasurer of the Town of Braintree, for the pay of soldiers in the army, out of said Town's money in his hands, during the year 1779, which orders appear to have been accepted and are endorsed on the back by those who were paid Henry French

State of Massachusetts,
Plymouth County } ss. January 8. 1839
Personally appeared before the subscriber, the within named Henry French, who is an intelligent and credible witness, and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit,
Before me, Jesse Perkins } Justice of Peace.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jesse Perkins Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twenty eighth day of January 1839
Jacob H. Lord

FRENCH, ADONI JAH

To Adonaijah Prescott Esq: May 1. you are hereby commanded immediately to enlist into the Service of this State, a Company of Eighty-Six effective Men, including Non-Com- missioned Officers, to continue in the Service till the first Day of April next, and that you cause the Men to pass Muster as soon as may be. Dated this 21 st Day of August, 79. —
By Order of Col: G. D. Dyer, Joseph Waters Adj!

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File No. 14754
Mary French Widow of Adonijah French Sergt Rev. War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 264
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Adonijah French
Serpt Mayr 79 Col Jacobs aug 19 to 1 apil '80 - vol 25. p. p. 2-3-4 on
Castle Island June 79 to close year